Mazda!

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ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Yep, that's the crank you're looking at.  A connecting rod yelled to the motor, <I><B>"You can't stop me, you can only hope to contain me."</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="19f35fd0.jpg" border=0 width="565" height="253" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>The last remaining piece of the poor truck, the autographed tailgate.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>I miss that truck.</B></I></div> </td> </tr></table></body>